Until twilight fell, Han Gangfang came out of the palace, and Zhao Ji did not immediately agree to the proposal to move several important manufacturing bureaus in the military weapons supervision to outside Tokyo. He had to listen to the Chinese book.

Zhao Ji's hesitation was not only worried that the manufacturing process of plate armor, horse chopping knife, and Han Gang's swear that it would be three points stronger than today's animal-powered forging hammer would be leaked, but also worried that the abolition of the government-run hydraulic mill and the switch to an ironcraft workshop would affect the livelihood of too many people.

Su Song and Han Gang came out in parallel, shook their heads and sighed lightly: "The official camp on the Bianhe River is milled and milled, and all the daily production is supplied to millions of soldiers and civilians in Tokyo City, it is impossible to revoke it at will, if there is no replacement, there will be chaos in the capital." ”

Although Fang Cai failed to convince Zhao Ji immediately in the palace, it was also partly because of Su Song's opposition, but Han Gang did not dislike Su Song because of this. Purely on the basis of facts, he is not so generous to listen, but he never agrees with Su Song's statement:

"If there is no water mill or water mill, you can use wind mill and wind mill, and even if there is no wind mill or wind mill, you can use animal power. The income from this business is by no means small for businessmen, and presumably they will also flock to it. But in terms of the government, the annual revenue of 200,000 yuan is insignificant. In order to save only 200,000 guan, the imperial court had to invest an average of about 500,000 or 600,000 guan in dredging costs into the Bianhe River every year. And if you switch to an iron workshop, if not you can save the cost of dredging, you can at least close the accounts......"

Su Song glanced at Han Gang, his eyes did not hide his appreciation for this young descendant, his words and actions made people feel comfortable, and when he was arguing in the palace just now, there was no such thing as a confrontation in the court at this time, regardless of things, and directly attacking the other party's character. Su Song is a simple person and admires such a young man very much.

It's just that he also won't agree with Han Gang's point of view on this: "That's not how the account is calculated, the people take food as the sky, and the food in the mouths of millions of soldiers and civilians is transferred to the merchants, and the disadvantages must be more familiar to Yukun than the old man, aren't you afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of the old grain merchants?" ”

Han Gang didn't fight with Su Song anymore, and it didn't make sense to persuade a right to know Ying Tianfu, so he sighed helplessly: "It's still because there is too much cement and sand in the Yellow River." The more water is put into the Bianhe River, the more siltation will occur. If it weren't for this reason, so that Biankou could not be opened, why let the water mill and the water mill compete for territory. ”

The water of the Bianhe River in the Gyeonggi section is all provided by the Yellow River. However, the Yellow River is a bowl of water and half a bowl of sand, and the Bianhe River is an artificial river, the water potential is gentle, and the more water is released, the more sediment will of course be accumulated.

If the Bianhe River is to be navigable, it is enough to ensure a water depth of six feet, and there is no need to open more Biankou River sluices. However, in order to drive the hydro mill, it had to be opened from time to time so that there was enough water in the canal. As a result, a large amount of sediment has to be cleaned up, and more manpower is required to clean it up. In terms of income, of course, the gains outweigh the losses.

"The water of the Yellow River is clear and cannot be seen for a hundred years, but this is what you said Yukun, why are you sighing meaninglessly now?"

Su Songzhi said that Han Gang had proposed a river control strategy of harnessing water and attacking sand last year, and pointed out that most of the sediment of the Yellow River came from Guanxi, and if he wanted to solve the sediment of the Yellow River, unless he could make Guanxi lush from now on, he sighed for the sediment of the Yellow River, which made him feel a little funny.

Han Gang smiled, shook his head and said nothing, it was not interesting to have a verbal dispute with Su Song.

The two walked silently towards the palace gate together. After walking for a while, he had already walked out of Wende Gate, and the palace wall was in front of him, Su Song suddenly asked, "If you set up an iron workshop, but do you want to change it to a patent?" ”

Han Gang shook his head: "No, it's just a military weapon, how can a civilian iron tool be patented by the government?" In terms of cost and quality, the iron tools made by the people can definitely not compete with the official camp, and there is no need to issue a ban, which will only provoke discussion among the government and the opposition. ”

In Han Gang's view, there is a very bad problem in today's imperial court, that is, patents.

At this time, the word 'patent' does not mean later generations, but literally enjoys its benefits, referring to monopoly. If the government is prepared to monopolize a certain industry, it will prohibit private business practices – that is, prohibit private traders from trading in these goods.

Since the Han Dynasty, the salt industry has been nationalized by the imperial court, and the business of wine koji, incense, alum, copper, lead, tin and other metals that can make money, and even the tea and horse trade in Sichuan and Shaanxi today are all monopolized by the government, and only a small part has room for private intervention.

Moreover, the methods of the government's monopoly are also bad enough, not by scale and technology, but by administrative bans. For example, the alum industry in Hebei has always been privately owned in the past, and several large families have become wealthy because of this. However, when the government saw the benefits and intervened in the production of alum, it could not compete with private workshops because of production and other reasons. The official who presided over the government-run workshop wrote a letter requesting that the alum industry be banned and that it be patented by the government.

However, this kind of monopolization of commercial interests did not start with the implementation of the new law. This is a custom that has been passed down from various feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty. At that time, in order to raise soldiers, every country and every feudal town had to open shops and workshops. As long as it is a profitable business, it is necessary to do everything, not just salt and iron. For hundreds of years, it has long been customary for the government to do business.

How many old parties are accusing the new law of competing with the people for profit, but as long as you look at how many commanders in the Xiang army are named hotel affairs, vehicle and ship affairs, you will know that the smell of copper has long permeated the palaces of the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, iron is also a franchise, starting from the Western Han Dynasty Sanghong sheep, the mining and marketing of iron ore are controlled by the government most of the time. However, at present, the manufacture of ironware, especially the people's livelihood utensils, is actually very open to the imperial court, and there are large merchants dealing in ironware everywhere, and the imperial court only monopolizes mines and forging.

"Iron is not alum." Han Gang continued to explain to Su Song, "The craftsmanship of the official and private workshops of the alum is the same, and the experience is still one or two points lost, of course, it is not as good as the private workshop. But now the officials have made iron tools and replaced them with mechanical forging hammers, which have far surpassed those of the people. ”

"Won't the various forging hammers in the ordnance prison be stolen from the civilian workshops?" Su Song questioned.

"How can it be that easy!?" Han Gang Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, but in his heart he said, 'It's exactly what I want'.

Through the technical advantages of the government, to force private ironsmiths to improve the manufacturing process, forcibly promote the development of the steel manufacturing industry in the Great Song Dynasty, and then drive the entire industrial chain, this is the future that Han Gang hopes to see.

Even if Han Gang's expectations are made, there will be various reasons why they will not be able to carry out smoothly. But as long as the government-run iron mill begins to build folk ironware, the mass production of iron farm tools will be logical and will not hinder it in the slightest. At that time, the price of agricultural tools will be greatly reduced, which will also promote agricultural production and bring great benefits to the country.

Iron and blood are the foundation of the country, and Han Gang has a deep understanding and recognition of the words of Bismarck, the famous minister of the West.

It's just that Han Gang can't say this truth in front of the Son of Heaven - the imperial court looks at the mechanical manufacturing technique very closely, lest it be stolen by the enemy. Han Gang knew that he couldn't convince Zhao Ji to announce all kinds of machinery to the public. Even if it is not difficult for the people to make it, the Son of Heaven will not agree.

Seeing that Han Gang was so confident, Su Song sighed secretly in his heart, and he didn't want to say more.

Looking back at the palace rooms shrouded in twilight, the glazed tiles at the top of the halls glowed with a red-gold luster in the setting sun. Thick tones, with a solemnity that is difficult to describe in words, the twilight drum sounded at this time, and the heavy drum sound reverberated with it, adding to the court's strength.

Su Mian was still in the Chongzheng Hall at this time to be questioned by the Son of Heaven, and he must be talking about Jiaozhi and Yongzhou. This cousin of his, there are still some places to borrow from Han Gang's weapons supervisor, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but remind: "Yukun, you still have to be careful." Many things are not as simple as you think. ”

Han Gang bowed, "Don't worry, Han Gang will act carefully." ”

How can there be no rebound when smashing people's jobs? However, the progress of iron-making technology has caused more than half of the blacksmiths in the Ordnance Prison to lose their positions. In order to settle these redundant craftsmen, they can only aggrieve the employees of the government-run water mill workshop on the Bianhe River.

After leaving the palace and saying goodbye to Su Song, Han Gangben was going to go to the ordnance prison to take a look at the situation, so he went home directly. It's just that as soon as he arrived at the Ordnance Prison, before he could sit down, Lu Huiqing sent someone with an official letterhead to invite him to come over the house.

In officialdom, many things are involuntary. And from Lu Huiqing's short note, Han Gang also saw a trace of news that made him turn a blind eye, so he could only give up the plan of sitting and eating with his family, and go to Lu Huiqing's government first.

At this time, Lu Huiqing and Lu Shengqing were waiting for Han Gang's arrival in the mansion.

Lu Shengqing's face was full of reluctance at this time. As the younger brother of the vice minister of a country, he rarely has such a look: "This matter really depends on Han Gang?!" ”

Lu Huiqing didn't like her brother's statement, and the hand that picked up the teacup used a little strength, and the green tendons on the back of the hand bulged out, "He is Wang Jiefu's son-in-law, and it is not his turn to stay out of the matter." ”

"Han Gang has always liked to stand on the dry shore, and his mind is to learn from things. It was also ...... before"

"Han Gang is not so confused," Lu Huiqing said vigorously, "Who came up with the idea of transporting grain by sleigh cart?" And who did it to appease the displaced people in Hebei? Don't look at Han Gang, it seems that he has always refused to return, but when he really encounters Wang Jiefu, he will work harder than anyone else. ”

Although Lu Huiqing said it carefully, Lu Shengqing always felt that his brother seemed to be hiding something, and although the reasons given were sufficient, they were completely inconsistent with Lu Huiqing's character.

"Will Li Feng's case really implicate Wang Jiefu?"

"It's not whether it will be, but it's already implicated. It's too late to inform Jiang Ning, if you don't inform Han Yukun, the prime minister's fast son-in-law, at this time, do you still want me to come forward alone? ”

While the brothers were talking, a sudden report came from outside the door, saying that Han Gang, the resident of the house, had arrived.

"Please!" Lu Huiqing stood up as she spoke, stepped out of the hall door, and descended to greet her.